Runco LS-5 Basic Settings

All other settings at default (untouched)
Measurements taken at mid-zoom and with lamp in Standard (High) mode

Note, with the LS-7, I wrote this about the adaptive contrast.

If you turn on Adaptive contrast, there goes your Contrast setting 103, with Adaptive on, is crushing everything even close to whites, on a 255 scale, probably everything over 210 is going pure white. On one scene from Quantum of Solace (speed boats, and big white wave spray), I had to drop contrast to below 72 to preserve the near whites, when Adaptive was selected. Be warned!

I managed to get through my entire visit with the LS-5 without turning it on. It wasn’t missed, but for some extra punch, that can get over the top, try it out.

Runco LS-5 Calibration Settings

Post-Calibration

Gain

R

100

G

98

B

102

Offset

R

100

G

101

B

100

Post-Calibration:

Calibration settings for Custom 1:
ConstantContrast turned OFF

Color Temp: Native, Gamma: 2.2

LS-5 Color Temp over IRE Range (Post calibration)

20 IRE

6403

30 IRE

6496

40 IRE

6494

50 IRE

6548

60 IRE

6519

70 IRE

6524

80 IRE

6492

90 IRE

6540

100 IRE

6422

Average gamma = 2.18

LS-5 Color Temp over IRE Range (Post calibration):

Output: 648 lumens

That’s an exceptionally tight range from 20 to white, of only 15K and averaging just below a perfect 6500K.